What speech and language therapy do community dwelling stroke survivors with aphasia receive in the UK?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Speech and language therapy provision for aphasia (a language disorder) post stroke has been studied over time through surveys completed by speech and language therapists. This paper revisits provision based on what was received by 278 patients in 21 UK speech and language therapy departments in 2014-2016.

Aims

To explore the speech and language therapy received by community dwelling people with post stroke aphasia in the UK.

Methods and procedures

A quantitative content analysis was conducted by two speech and language therapist researchers. Therapy goals recorded were coded into categories and subcategories. Descriptive statistics were used to identify the frequency with which goal categories were targeted, average therapy time received, length and freque

SUBMITTER: Palmer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6039008 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature